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to pay with the union has designated as $4 some change per hour. plus not making their employer contributions, what obligation is it for the multi player plan to step in and do some enforcement, do something about that? before things go belly up. >> i think the me step back. when under bankruptcy -- >> your not in bankruptcy yet. before -- >> hostess has been in bankruptcy multiple times in the last few years. >> but there were times there were not in bankruptcy allegedly , they were not making a contribution. before they went back to bankruptcy court where they took it upon themselves to take the money from the employee's those designated cannot put it into the plan plus now make their own contribution. when that is happening what obligation to do something about that? >> that trustees of a plan. >> that pbgc and the single payer plan. >> right. >> can pass. we can act before bankruptcy, and we do. we can go to court and put liens on property in order to ensure that concretions are made if they are not made. >> that was not done in this situation.
to pay with the union has designated as $4 some change per hour. plus not making their employer contributions, what obligation is it for the multi player plan to step in and do some enforcement, do something about that? before things go belly up. >> i think the me step back. when under bankruptcy -- >> your not in bankruptcy yet. before -- >> hostess has been in bankruptcy multiple times in the last few years. >> but there were times there were not in bankruptcy...
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now, there's another side to public diplomacy, and how about the soviet union? ros has mentioned the important agreement at geneva that a nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought. there was also an extremely important agreement to expand exchanges of all sorts. we had an exchange agreement from the nixon administration, which had lapsed during the carter administration, because of the invasion of afghanistan. we cut off our changes over that and i never understood it. we got it restored, much expanded and the question then was, will gorbachev allow this to happen? he did, and gradually with the policy of glasnost he began to open up the press. he brought in new editors for most of the publications. they started having westerners, including by 1987 the american ambassador, very frequently on their national television. so we began to communicate directly with the soviet people. both media, private media but also our officials and much more so and i think this played a very important role in easing the tensions, because when you have westerners discussing s
now, there's another side to public diplomacy, and how about the soviet union? ros has mentioned the important agreement at geneva that a nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought. there was also an extremely important agreement to expand exchanges of all sorts. we had an exchange agreement from the nixon administration, which had lapsed during the carter administration, because of the invasion of afghanistan. we cut off our changes over that and i never understood it. we got it...
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were we really dealing with a serious strategic threat from the soviet union? >> well, that's a great, that's a great question. i think if you look at the deployments that you just talking about, of the ss-20, the western military district of the soviet union in a broader context, in terms of a broad modernization and build up of russian nuclear forces, marvin, i think not only viewed as a threat militarily, but it was also viewed in the words we use to use in that time, also viewed as a threat, a political thread in terms of decoupling. the security of the united states from the european allies. this decoupling concept actually originated in europe in the 1970s. and it's interesting and important to go back and look at the origin of this whole issue back to really the german government, chancellor schmidt who, in the late '70s started pointing to russian deployment, as potentially threatening the solidarity of the alliance, and the concept that for every piece of real estate in nato, europe as well as canada and the united states, was the same. and that, that
were we really dealing with a serious strategic threat from the soviet union? >> well, that's a great, that's a great question. i think if you look at the deployments that you just talking about, of the ss-20, the western military district of the soviet union in a broader context, in terms of a broad modernization and build up of russian nuclear forces, marvin, i think not only viewed as a threat militarily, but it was also viewed in the words we use to use in that time, also viewed as a...
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three weeks after, he went to the state of the union, as you said, you want the country to see there was a woman on the supreme court. when you joined the court, sandra day o'connor had been the only woman for some time, and she became the second. after she left, we were back to only having a single woman, and now there are three. to to reflect some on the dynamics at the court in terms of what it means to have more than one woman? >> sandra was alone on the court for 12 years. and by the way, when i showed up, sander was on the bench nine days after her breast cancer surgery. in any case, we belong to the national association of women judges, and just what would happen when i got there, number two. so they had a reception at the court in our honor, and they presented as with t-shirts. and sanders read, i'm sander, not ruth. mindset i'm ruth, not sandra. [laughter] [applause] and nevertheless, every term the two of us sat together, one lawyer or another would address me as justice o'connor. the people who know us, know that we don't look anything alike. [laughter] we don't speak alik
three weeks after, he went to the state of the union, as you said, you want the country to see there was a woman on the supreme court. when you joined the court, sandra day o'connor had been the only woman for some time, and she became the second. after she left, we were back to only having a single woman, and now there are three. to to reflect some on the dynamics at the court in terms of what it means to have more than one woman? >> sandra was alone on the court for 12 years. and by the...
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just as we were able to prevail in the long struggle against the soviet union during the cold war, we can prevail in the global conflict with islamist extremism and terrorism that we were forced in to predict terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001. but all that to will require leadership in the united states senate. it will require leaders who will stand against the siren song of isolationism, who will defend our defense and foreign assistance budget, who will support when necessary the use of america's military power against our enemies in the world and who will have the patience and determination when the public grows weary to see our battles through until they are one. mr. president, i first stepped foot in this chamber, sit years ago in the summer of 1963 comments by a thick so many in my generation that president john f. kennedy and his call to service. i spent that summer rate here in the senate as an intern for my home state senator, he burmah koff. he was then renamed and other personal hero mine. although i never would've said that it so publicly that and because it was so p
just as we were able to prevail in the long struggle against the soviet union during the cold war, we can prevail in the global conflict with islamist extremism and terrorism that we were forced in to predict terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001. but all that to will require leadership in the united states senate. it will require leaders who will stand against the siren song of isolationism, who will defend our defense and foreign assistance budget, who will support when necessary the use of...
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here are two pictures of union beach, new jersey, a working class town that could not afford the $30 million to $40 million match for an army corps of engineers beach engineering project. in this photo, you see the storm devastated entire neighborhoods, rebuilding defenses only to the standard that existed before the storm, would give us more of the same in the next storm. if we don't do things differently, we shouldn't expect a different result. in this next photo, you can see houses that were crushed by the storm surge. yes, we can help these homeowners rebuild, but if we don't rebuild smarter, better and with stronger coastal protections, we'll be back here again after the next storm, paying the same price both in terms of human suffering and federal funds. and we saw by a visit -- by various of our colleagues who came up, and we appreciate our colleagues who came to see the devastation, many of the administration officials, the vice president, the difference between an army corps-engineered beach and one that is not. where there was an army corps engineered beach, you had very li
here are two pictures of union beach, new jersey, a working class town that could not afford the $30 million to $40 million match for an army corps of engineers beach engineering project. in this photo, you see the storm devastated entire neighborhoods, rebuilding defenses only to the standard that existed before the storm, would give us more of the same in the next storm. if we don't do things differently, we shouldn't expect a different result. in this next photo, you can see houses that were...
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it was also stated they wanted to leave because they were so oppressed in the soviet union. it was actually stated in global terms at that time and maybe sometime we'll come back and do that. i remember what sharansky said about the day on which in solitaire confinement somebody was able to convey to him by tapping pipes and the rest that president reagan had called russia and the soviet union really "the evil empire." and that the leader of the free world, the most powerful person in the world, would call out this oppressive government that had locked him up for no reason than that he had advocated for human rights would say this, success staininged his hope. and in some -- sustained his hope. and in some small way, i hope that the passage of this magnitsky act will do the same for those who are fighting for their freedom, for the many people whose freedom has already been compromised by the government in russia, for people whose freedom of expression has been compromised, for business people whose businesses have been essentially taken by the government. one of the great d
it was also stated they wanted to leave because they were so oppressed in the soviet union. it was actually stated in global terms at that time and maybe sometime we'll come back and do that. i remember what sharansky said about the day on which in solitaire confinement somebody was able to convey to him by tapping pipes and the rest that president reagan had called russia and the soviet union really "the evil empire." and that the leader of the free world, the most powerful person in...
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here is another example in union beach, half a home -- half a home. but that whole community was significantly devastated. you know, you can see -- you know, if yo you were to see this community, rows and roses of houses reduced to rubble, and i think that that is the reality of what we have as a continuation of those neighborhoods in union beach. i was talkin to the mayor todayt of a group of mayors as their challenges, and this is an example of what he's facing throughout his community. so the storm damage is real, and the governors' requests for funding, which were actually $20 billion higher than the supplemental that we are debating, is significant, that it was $20 billion higher than the amount that we're debating. and these requests were scrubbed by o.m.b. from the governo gove' original request, gone over by the committee with a fine-tooth comb. and everything in the bill is about declared disasters. so now it is time to come to our neighbor's help. the second thing is there are those who come to the floor and say that they're upset about the
here is another example in union beach, half a home -- half a home. but that whole community was significantly devastated. you know, you can see -- you know, if yo you were to see this community, rows and roses of houses reduced to rubble, and i think that that is the reality of what we have as a continuation of those neighborhoods in union beach. i was talkin to the mayor todayt of a group of mayors as their challenges, and this is an example of what he's facing throughout his community. so...
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as you are familiar with, the union developer, redevelopment of union station involves a significant public or private partnership with a private real estate developer. and the same is true with proposed be developed of moynihan station in new york. so yes with respective stations, there is great opportunity to leverage private investment for the department of those stations to pay for the transportation function of those stations. >> and how about as far as phase one? the rail over the environmental process. >> what we will be doing in phase one is to evaluate what potential private investment might be. that is definitely part of the scope of work of phase one. so we will be studying that spent and how about phase two, what type of private investment are you looking for in phase to? >> well, we will find out in phase one what we come you, that's what phase one is to find out is to what the potential is for private investment, for private going forward. >> unlike in california, the northeast corridor service provides, my numbers to show 75% of rail air market. what's the proportion o
as you are familiar with, the union developer, redevelopment of union station involves a significant public or private partnership with a private real estate developer. and the same is true with proposed be developed of moynihan station in new york. so yes with respective stations, there is great opportunity to leverage private investment for the department of those stations to pay for the transportation function of those stations. >> and how about as far as phase one? the rail over the...
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the united states in partnership with the union -- african union, could facilitate international investment conference on investing in peacetime rather than the conflict that exists today. in order to help expand the pie in the region for conflict resolution and for development, which all people of the subregion can benefit, particularly at the center, people at the congo. the summit could focus on developing market-based opportunities for responsible investment in congo and the region, again, you've got to turn to the -- incentives with the illegal extractive violent mining to peaceful legal development that goes into the tax treasury, into the treasury and funds development in eastern congo. bob hormats, undersecretary of state in the administration could be a kind of person who could help spearhead that, as someone who has helped build this public-private alliance that involves companies and the united states government and civil society, trying to help us promote responsible investment, spurred on by 1502 from the dodd-frank law. conclusion, my bottom one is this, two sentences. a credi
the united states in partnership with the union -- african union, could facilitate international investment conference on investing in peacetime rather than the conflict that exists today. in order to help expand the pie in the region for conflict resolution and for development, which all people of the subregion can benefit, particularly at the center, people at the congo. the summit could focus on developing market-based opportunities for responsible investment in congo and the region, again,...
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serious the housing damage was up and down the jersey shore i would like to share these images from union beach, new jersey where homes, cars and people's lives were destroyed. sandy was one of the largest mass transit disasters in our nation's history. four of ten of the nation's transit riders had their commute disrupted. in my -- the transportation network was devastated by sandy. new jersey transit which carries 900,000 riders daily suffered damage to wall 12 rail lines. miles of track and road were washed out, some stations flooded and destroyed, hundreds of cars and locomotives were submerged, some suffering irreparable damage. the past system which carries seventy-seven million people from new jersey and manhattan each year was brought to a halt by the flooding. hoboken's station in new jersey which provides service to 30,000 people daily reopened to the public only yesterday more than a month and half after sandy made landfall. to help illustrate how serious the flooding was i would like to share this image from security camera showing corot's if see water rushing into the hoboken
serious the housing damage was up and down the jersey shore i would like to share these images from union beach, new jersey where homes, cars and people's lives were destroyed. sandy was one of the largest mass transit disasters in our nation's history. four of ten of the nation's transit riders had their commute disrupted. in my -- the transportation network was devastated by sandy. new jersey transit which carries 900,000 riders daily suffered damage to wall 12 rail lines. miles of track and...
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i think these states are smaller states, states in which public employee unions have less leverage in the politics that makes a big difference and i think where the infrastructure needs are nowhere near as great as they are and the cities that require massive public transportation mechanisms, but the fact that those analogies are not there doesn't diminish in any way the quite prudent and proper steps that these states have taken to keep their own fiscal house in order. certainly having the rainy day fund switch many haven't had is absolutely critical. to take care of the enormous variations that occur in budgets and the economy. if you can lose sight of the fact. we have smaller medicaid expenditure is because the federal formula which favors some states because it isn't based on the actual need on a median income calculation to a state like new york or california has poor people and rich people, so it doesn't get the same break. you get 50 come you get 50i can't remember everybody's numbers i try to educate myself. pat moynihan who always used to try to change those formulas it's al
i think these states are smaller states, states in which public employee unions have less leverage in the politics that makes a big difference and i think where the infrastructure needs are nowhere near as great as they are and the cities that require massive public transportation mechanisms, but the fact that those analogies are not there doesn't diminish in any way the quite prudent and proper steps that these states have taken to keep their own fiscal house in order. certainly having the...
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conservative stalwart, jim leaves with a stellar 98.77 lifetime rating from the american conservative union. and crucially, he's made a difference. one member of the press corps once referred to jim as the patron saint of lost causes in the senate. and frankly i don't think we'll be abolishing the tax code any time soon as jim has suggested but that's to miss the point. great causes almost always start out with a consistency -- a constituency of one. and jim has never been afraid to take up important and unpopular causes early and let the polls and the pundit tri -- punditry take care of themselves. after becoming what he called a romping earmarker, he succeeded in convincing others to give up the practice. as a member of the foreign relations committee he was also instrumental in resolving a serious problem in honduras a few years ago after the obama administration misconstrued the legal ouster of a president with a political coup. jim enlisted miguel estrada to figure out what was going on down there and i was happy to travel to honduras to investigate in person. jim reported back it was
conservative stalwart, jim leaves with a stellar 98.77 lifetime rating from the american conservative union. and crucially, he's made a difference. one member of the press corps once referred to jim as the patron saint of lost causes in the senate. and frankly i don't think we'll be abolishing the tax code any time soon as jim has suggested but that's to miss the point. great causes almost always start out with a consistency -- a constituency of one. and jim has never been afraid to take up...
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communism and the soviet union was remarkable. yet somehow the respite from conflict. there are lessons to be learned. ultimately both of these work ideological conflicts at their heart. sometimes people miss that. i think in the conflict we are in with islamist extremism and terrorism, but it is a theology, but is an ideology, a set of ideals. the other hopeful thing to say is that ultimately what generally happens to history, communism collapses on the weight of its own repression and evil and extremism. and i'm confident that the same will be true of islamist extreme and terrorism, but the other, we have to be clear in making the ideological counter argument, which we did for a long time against the communists, and that was critical to the ultimate victory, which secured. the other thing is we have to remain strong and unrelenting and our willingness to use our strength to protect our security and our values against these ideologies which were then and now both quite inhumanely not trust. and it we have to have patients. and that's a real challenge for us in a democ
communism and the soviet union was remarkable. yet somehow the respite from conflict. there are lessons to be learned. ultimately both of these work ideological conflicts at their heart. sometimes people miss that. i think in the conflict we are in with islamist extremism and terrorism, but it is a theology, but is an ideology, a set of ideals. the other hopeful thing to say is that ultimately what generally happens to history, communism collapses on the weight of its own repression and evil...
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i'm sure as a conservative republican you hear me say there's a lot of union members who like to be there. and on the republican side there's a lot of overzealous supporters on our side, but i think that alone brings different dimensions. not in every state. but that's something that we had voters say i don't feel comfortable walking past or don't feel comfortable walking in or whatever that is. that shouldn't be the case for anybody. it's not a massive problem. it's not in the double-digit percentage, but anytime anyone feels uncomfortable going into polling location, that's something we take to heart. a lot of the same things. one of the points, segue, i know we'll go back and forth on the length of lines but one step that comes back is there's roughly, roughly 300,000 more voters this time in 2008. 6200 precincts, 5300 polling locations, clearly less early vote days but even these polling locations don't necessarily, they are not jampacked 12 hours a day. while i do agree the lines are longer, i just don't necessarily think that it was because of regulations or because of someone tryin
i'm sure as a conservative republican you hear me say there's a lot of union members who like to be there. and on the republican side there's a lot of overzealous supporters on our side, but i think that alone brings different dimensions. not in every state. but that's something that we had voters say i don't feel comfortable walking past or don't feel comfortable walking in or whatever that is. that shouldn't be the case for anybody. it's not a massive problem. it's not in the double-digit...
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used to work for a food company back in 72 and is very large including 3000 or more mostly because of union busting. at any rate but i'm getting out of all the people here for decades have lost our jobs. why not a government do something and cut their jobs. for instance, do we need the cia, the marshals, sheriffs, special agent here and there? why can't they get the federal bureau of police and how to cover everything and start paying off government agencies? >> host: that's philips idea. on twitter following up on the small business site we heard from saying they eliminated income averaging which is really helpful to small businesses with fluctuating income. >> guest: it was eliminated across the board. >> host: but does that mean? >> guest: under income averaging, if you'd fluctuating income like the women has come you will pay low rates when your income is low. you'll pay high rates when your income is high. the average may be higher than if you had constant income over that period of time. so at income gave you the ability to average your income over a period of years and pay tax at a r
used to work for a food company back in 72 and is very large including 3000 or more mostly because of union busting. at any rate but i'm getting out of all the people here for decades have lost our jobs. why not a government do something and cut their jobs. for instance, do we need the cia, the marshals, sheriffs, special agent here and there? why can't they get the federal bureau of police and how to cover everything and start paying off government agencies? >> host: that's philips idea....
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as we work to continue perfecting our union, the importance of this law cannot be overstated. that's why the voting rights act enjoys a broad spectrum of support. in 2006, the senate voted unanimously 98-0 to reauthorize it, and just this year, the department of justice used its authority under section 5 of the voting rights act to object to new voter identification laws that threaten to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters. in texas, according to the state's own data, more than 79 5,000 registered voters didn't have the i.d. required under their brand-new law. in south carolina, the states data kateed 240,000 registered voters were without the required i.d. and wouldn't be able to vote under the states law. in to states alone over a million people were going to be denied the right to vote even though they were registered voters because they didn't possess the newly defined voter i.d. in each of those states. that's more than one million registered voters -- i repeat -- that would have been turned away. thanks to the justice department and court decisions, that didn'
as we work to continue perfecting our union, the importance of this law cannot be overstated. that's why the voting rights act enjoys a broad spectrum of support. in 2006, the senate voted unanimously 98-0 to reauthorize it, and just this year, the department of justice used its authority under section 5 of the voting rights act to object to new voter identification laws that threaten to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters. in texas, according to the state's own data, more than 79...
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but within a week he was read the riot act by the unions and the aarp who will resist any meaningful changes to the entitlement spending programs that are now bankrupting our country. later this week i will outline a series of entitlement spending changes that could and should be supported on a bipartisan basis. the president told the american people that he wants a balanced approach. my hope is that the president comes forward on his own, with his own details on how he would fix the entitlement spending programs. and i mean real details on real proposals with real teeth. not the window dressing in the president's budget that even the democrats reject and have rejected in the past. the president has demanded a balanced approach. it is what he promised the american people, and it is what we republicans are prepared to give him. if the president wants to avoid going over the fiscal cliff, he can steer us away from it. special interests and his liberal base will no doubt cry foul, but they will follow him if he will lead. and i don't see the leadership, between you and me. not to put to
but within a week he was read the riot act by the unions and the aarp who will resist any meaningful changes to the entitlement spending programs that are now bankrupting our country. later this week i will outline a series of entitlement spending changes that could and should be supported on a bipartisan basis. the president told the american people that he wants a balanced approach. my hope is that the president comes forward on his own, with his own details on how he would fix the...
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trans-atlantic trade agreement that puts news a putss us in a better situation to trade with the european union. this shoulyou have two mature es trying to trade with each oampleother.the normal negotiatt labor and other things that sometimes takes so longs frankly shouldn't take long. mr. president, you spent a lot of tomb with our nato partners, and they'd be the same partners that would be our trading partners, if we'll move forward there. and finally, let me say, we need a fresh trade policy for the americas. we now have trade agreements with six countries that were part of the dominican republi republic/cafta agreement. and we have a trade preferences agreement with haiti, but we really need to look to see what we can do to trade in this hemisphere, improve our economic relationship with the south american giant country and giant economy of brazil. your best trading partners, mr. president, should be your neighbors. certainly canada and mexico have proved that. when we send canada $1, they traditionally send us back somewhere in the neighborhood of $1. right now it's about 91 cents. our tr
trans-atlantic trade agreement that puts news a putss us in a better situation to trade with the european union. this shoulyou have two mature es trying to trade with each oampleother.the normal negotiatt labor and other things that sometimes takes so longs frankly shouldn't take long. mr. president, you spent a lot of tomb with our nato partners, and they'd be the same partners that would be our trading partners, if we'll move forward there. and finally, let me say, we need a fresh trade...
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dan's passing, there has been a tremendous outpouring of love from hawaii and every other state in the union, and native communities across the country are mourning the loss and paying tribute to their great champion. dan inouye's absence will be felt in this chamber, and the nation for many years to come. may his legacy live on for generations of native americans and inspire all americans to always strive towards justice and reconciliation. so, mr. president, i urge my colleagues to pass the native hawaiian government reorganization act in the memory of senator daniel k. inouye and his desire to provide parity to the native hawaiian people he loved so much. and to dan, i say aloha oi and hulio, my brother. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ms. murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. president. i request proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: th
dan's passing, there has been a tremendous outpouring of love from hawaii and every other state in the union, and native communities across the country are mourning the loss and paying tribute to their great champion. dan inouye's absence will be felt in this chamber, and the nation for many years to come. may his legacy live on for generations of native americans and inspire all americans to always strive towards justice and reconciliation. so, mr. president, i urge my colleagues to pass the...
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we see wages for union and nonunion workers go down when we have that kind of a race to the bottom. we see health benefits and pensions decrease, we see lower consumer spending because middle-class families have less money in their pocket. so these kinds of laws hurt families. it's not about economics or freedom, it's about raw politics. and workers need to have confidence that they will have a voice in the workplace and they will have a decent wage and benefits they can count on to be able to have a good life for themselves and their families. that's really what this is all about in so many ways where families are under attack right now. middle-class people trying to hold it together, people trying to figure out how to get into the middle class, who have been knocked down over and over again. it's time to stop saying the words "middle class" and actually believe and act as if it's important to our country, because it is. it's essential if we're going to have a quality of life and an economy and we're going to have families who know that the american dream is not just a couple of wo
we see wages for union and nonunion workers go down when we have that kind of a race to the bottom. we see health benefits and pensions decrease, we see lower consumer spending because middle-class families have less money in their pocket. so these kinds of laws hurt families. it's not about economics or freedom, it's about raw politics. and workers need to have confidence that they will have a voice in the workplace and they will have a decent wage and benefits they can count on to be able to...
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and he emphasized that such security is an avowed and essential object of the american union. government officials have a solemn duty, particularly in the age of global terrorism, to help ensure that the american people are safe and secure. yet at the same time, government also exists to do a lot more than just promote security. its most fundamental purpose is to protect our natural and inalienable liberties. safeguarding individual rights and liberties is the bedrock of american government. in the words of our nation's founding document, the declaration of independence, "it is to secure these rights that governments are instituted among men." in our quest for ever greater security, we must be mindful not to sacrifice the very rights and liberties that make our safety valuable. as benjamin franklin put it, those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. i worry that in seeking to achieve temporary safety, some of the authorities we have given the government under fisa may compromise essential rights and libert
and he emphasized that such security is an avowed and essential object of the american union. government officials have a solemn duty, particularly in the age of global terrorism, to help ensure that the american people are safe and secure. yet at the same time, government also exists to do a lot more than just promote security. its most fundamental purpose is to protect our natural and inalienable liberties. safeguarding individual rights and liberties is the bedrock of american government. in...
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we both entered the union at the same time, in 1959. as a matter of fact, i moi as a kid growing up, i wasn't sure if we had two senators or three senators, because senator inouye's name was so well-known throughout alaska. when our states were entered in 1959, there was opposition to both of us becoming states, but we have proven our opponents wrong. thanks to daniel inouye, hawaii has become a modern, prosperous state. many alaskans have a special fond unless for the 50th state, especially i have to say at this time of the year when it's 40 below in fairbanks. daniel inouye began his public career and service at the age of 17 when he entered the army after the attack on pearl harbor. he served with incredible distinction, earning the nation's highest military medal for action in italy. as a member of the senate, senator inouye continued his fierce defense of his state in his partnership with alaska. my preye predecessor, ted steve, knew senator inouye as his brother. they worked together and produced much good for both our states. tha
we both entered the union at the same time, in 1959. as a matter of fact, i moi as a kid growing up, i wasn't sure if we had two senators or three senators, because senator inouye's name was so well-known throughout alaska. when our states were entered in 1959, there was opposition to both of us becoming states, but we have proven our opponents wrong. thanks to daniel inouye, hawaii has become a modern, prosperous state. many alaskans have a special fond unless for the 50th state, especially i...
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dan inouye's work did not end when he took office -- off his soldier's union you uniform. in many ways, it was just beginning. forced by the loss of his arm to give up dreams of a medical career, he entered politics. his was one of the most remarkable careers of public service that our country has ever seen. we will miss dan inouye so much here in the senate. his leadership, his legislative talent, yes, but also his friendship, his humor, his humility, his steadfast belief in the american people. he was the last remaining senator who voted for the civil rights act of 1964. and in that vote and so many others, he served the nation and the senate with distinction that few have ever matched. in michigan we proudly claim an early connection to this noble man. much of his recovery from the wounds that he suffered in italy took place at a veterans hospital in battle creek, michigan. there, he met two other young men, a soldier from kansas named bob dole, and one from michigan named phil hart. they formed a lifelong bond, one that endiewrd all the way to the u.s. senate. in 2003
dan inouye's work did not end when he took office -- off his soldier's union you uniform. in many ways, it was just beginning. forced by the loss of his arm to give up dreams of a medical career, he entered politics. his was one of the most remarkable careers of public service that our country has ever seen. we will miss dan inouye so much here in the senate. his leadership, his legislative talent, yes, but also his friendship, his humor, his humility, his steadfast belief in the american...
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aside, one of the arguments against keeping it in the bill was made by the american civil liberties union, and surely they believe that people's rights to trial and jury trial should not be denied. so the allegations that were made by the senator from kentucky are wrong, there is absolutely no substantiation for them, including the one just referred to by senator mccain. but the statement that he makes that there is language in this bill -- here's the bill. where's the senator from kentucky? what page of the bill is he referring to? the language that he says denies people the right to trial. it's just simply not there, and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. pryor: i'm going to try to keep my remarks to about five minutes here. i would first, though, like to thank senators levin and mccain for their leadership on this legislation. they really set the tone and they've been good role models for the entire senate on how legislation should be conducted. so i want to thank both of them. i think men of my colleagues feel the very same way, that they apprecia
aside, one of the arguments against keeping it in the bill was made by the american civil liberties union, and surely they believe that people's rights to trial and jury trial should not be denied. so the allegations that were made by the senator from kentucky are wrong, there is absolutely no substantiation for them, including the one just referred to by senator mccain. but the statement that he makes that there is language in this bill -- here's the bill. where's the senator from kentucky?...